No fireworks, no loads of candies, no clubbing. It’s the kind of celebrating I like to do: pumpkin carving party! It took me a long time to finally decide on what to carve this year. The idea finally hit me an hour before the party started. Steve helped me find the image that I could work from. I didn’t have progress shots because my hands were too messy!

Meet the classic Optimus Prime. He actually looks kind of evil with the glowing eyes but he’s an Autobot! I had originally wanted to do my favourite Transformer, Bumblebee, but I couldn’t find a good image of his face. This pumpkin was THICK, so when I thought I was done, I realized I had to go back and redo some parts to make the surface cuts deeper because the light couldn’t shine through. Even after that, it took 2 candles to get the right effect.
Material: pumpkin
Tools: Paring knife, spoon (to scoop guts)
Time: 4 hours
Here is the result of our Hallowe’en celebration:
Mini pumpkins:
Mushroom (that guy was like a torch!) by Ting
Jack-o-lantern by Pearle
Painted Jack-o-lantern by May, attempted help from baby Ava
Big pumpkins:
Elmo by May
Bowser by Pearle
Optimus Prime by Ting















I love strips of paper =) And I’m sure Steve loves getting his name attached to every card I make!
They had a display at the store, and I took out my keys and attempted to scratch the glass, not one scratch can be made. Perfect. The wedge in between the 2 outer parts actually comes out so it’s in fact 2 desks. The keyboard tray actually works out really well as a paper disposal when I’m cutting. I had imagined a trough of some kind that I could pull out, swipe all the little bits of paper into it and it’s a clean surface again while I’m cutting. This is close enough! I’m picking it up tomorrow, will have to wait ’til after I move to actually assemble it but I can’t wait!